Right so here we go again. I'm back at a computer and the time is ticking and price is rising. but don't worry prices out here are generally quite a bit lower than in England. I got two cans of lighter fluid yesterday for five pound. Why? Well because I was using my fire poi for the first time and, as first times go, it was pretty good. I didn't kill maim or injure myself or anyone else, I had loads of fun and it worked pretty well. So yea, I can now say that I've done fire poi *tick* (I don't know exactly what I'm ticking but oh well)
This week I was diving for most of it. I now have my PADI open water diver qualification, which is cool. I almost got eaten alive by a lionfish... well, maybe I exaggerate but it did have it's mouth open and it was looking at me... for those of you familiar to the Edge Chronicles the mouth of the lionfish is as similar to a Hoverworm as I ever thought possible. They are very amazing though, if extremely poisonous and they are now my favourite fish, I even have a poster to prove it. I also indulged in a harmless bit of touristy souvenir buying and also have a nice picture of the bay and area that we've been staying in, much easier than describing everything from a blank canvas when I get home, I think.
Egypt IS good... but it's not England. It's annoying having to pay for water and the internet out here isn't too good; for instance when I went to try and catch up on last night's Dr Who... BBC iplayer wouldn't let me play it from Egypt. I'm not too happy about that.
A rather lonely Easter, being the only person I KNOW who is celebrating it round here for Christian reasons. which is a little disappointing but I'm still hoping to have many Easter's in the future so that's all good. I spent some time with a certain album called "Unbreakable" this morning which was cool. Love some of the lyrics on those songs.
Windsurfing is going well, I'm much better than three weeks ago but I'm going to have to put lots more practise in to get my personal level up to where I want it to be. But don't let that worry anyone, I'm comfortably in the level that is needed for the Instructor Assessment, I just want to better myself. Freestyle in particular I want to focus on, but I just need a few days where I'm on my own windsurfing, not in a group. Knowing that there is a group of people who are all better than you (mainly because the majority of them have had four extra days windsurfing because they're not doing the diving) is not the best situation to try new stuff in. Instead I'm focusing on improving the basics rather than on the freestyle side of things. I'm really happy with what I've achieved and I really am looking forward to (as I said last week I think) continuing this as a personal sport not just as an instructor. It's great fun and looks well good when you get good.
I'm beginning to feel how draining it is to constantly be away from people who are pretty much the exact opposite of your views. It isn't too bad at the moment but I can feel their views and ways of viewing the world beginning to seep into me. Just in the way I think and little things that pop into my mind. It's annoying and I'm looking forwad to being around Christians again. I've heard lots of whispers that "this egyptian is a christian" or "that egyptian is christian" but as yet I haven't met one myself or talked to them. I haven't seen a church since I've been here either.
What else has been going on... lots but then again not much, like last week the things that seemed important at the time don't seem important now or I've forgotten them.
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Diving is well cool. Though it is annoying to have to keep equalizing, it's amazing to see all the fish and stuff. We saw some octopi (correct plural for octopus??) which was amazing, even if I did miss them on the first dive... :S :S :S got a lot of ribbing for that... So yea
I guess that's an extremely brief description of my week.. sorry if it's lacking... I don't really know what else to say.... I have missed blogging more regularly.
The staff here are great and the manager is well cool, always asking how we're getting on with the windsurfing and happy to have a laugh and chat.
Sinai is happening this week, last week we didn't go quad biking in the end but ah well.. It was really good wind today but I decided to keep with the Sunday=day off partly because it was easter and partly because it's good to have a day off each week. It was 33 in the shade today, just so you people in England dare to think that England might be hotter than Egypt... I dare say it could well be sometime but it had better not be whilst i'm in Egypt. I am quite worried that I'm missing the British summer and that when I get home it will be rain for the rest of the year. I would be unbelievably annoyed.
That's about all I think.... :D
Oh it's our last week here this week then we're back in England :D
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